ARMHS Practitioner
About The Position
The ARMHS staff provide adult rehabilitative mental health services that instruct, assist, and support the recipient in basic living and social skills to individuals with serious mental illnesses or serious and persistent mental illnesses. These activities are to help restore a recipient's skills for managing their illness and everyday independent living. The service areas would include: interpersonal communication skills, community resource utilization and integration skills, crisis assistance, relapse prevention skills, health care directives, budgeting and shopping skills, healthy lifestyle skills and practices, cooking and nutrition skills, transportation skills, medication education and monitoring, mental illness symptom management skills, household management skills, employment-related skills, and transition to community living services. It is collaborative in nature and requires working closely with Community Services, Court Services, private providers, outside resources, and programs at Canvas Health. Requires the ability to drive to individuals' homes or in the community when needed. This position will primarily be serving individuals in Ramsey and Washington counties.
Requirements
- Meet DHS qualifications for a Mental Health Practitioner in one of the following ways:
- Completed 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in behavioral sciences or related fields AND completed 2,000 hours of delivering supervised services to clients with: Mental illness, substance use disorder, emotional disturbance, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities. AND Completes training on mental illness, recovery from mental illness, mental health de-escalation techniques, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse, and psychotropic medications and side effects.
- Completed 4,000 hours of delivering supervised services to clients with: Mental illness, substance use disorder, emotional disturbance, traumatic brain injury or developmental disabilities. AND Completes training on mental illness, recovery from mental illness, mental health de-escalation techniques, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse, and psychotropic medications and side effects.
- Completed 2,000 hours of delivering supervised services to clients with: Mental illness, substance use disorder, or emotional disturbance, traumatic brain injury, or developmental disabilities and AND Completes training on mental illness, recovery from mental illness, mental health de-escalation techniques, co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse, and psychotropic medications and side effects. AND Receives clinical supervision as required at least once a week from a mental health professional until the requirement of 4,000 hours of supervised experience is met.
- Currently and actively participating in a graduate student internship AND is formally assigned by an accredited college or university to an agency or facility for clinical training.
- Currently possess a bachelor's degree or higher (i.e. masters) in behavioral sciences or related field AND is formally assigned by an accredited college or university to an agency or facility for clinical training.
- Currently possess a bachelor's or master's degree with any one of the following: Possess a master's degree or graduate degree in behavioral sciences or related fields. Possess a bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences or related fields AND completes a practicum or internship that: Requires direct interaction with adults or children served. AND is focused on behavioral sciences or related fields.
- A practitioner is qualified as a vendor of medical care if the practitioner meets the definition of vendor of medical care in section 256B.02, subdivision 7, paragraphs (b) and (c), and is serving a federally recognized tribe.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree or higher in social work, family therapy, professional counseling, or psychology or other behavioral science
- Experience as an ARMHS worker
- Experience working in home.
- Experience with electronic health records
Responsibilities
- instruct, assist, and support the recipient in basic living and social skills
- restore a recipient's skills for managing their illness and everyday independent living
- interpersonal communication skills
- community resource utilization and integration skills
- crisis assistance
- relapse prevention skills
- health care directives
- budgeting and shopping skills
- healthy lifestyle skills and practices
- cooking and nutrition skills
- transportation skills
- medication education and monitoring
- mental illness symptom management skills
- household management skills
- employment-related skills
- transition to community living services
- collaborate with Community Services, Court Services, private providers, outside resources, and programs at Canvas Health
- drive to individuals' homes or in the community when needed
Benefits
- Generous paid time off, including holidays and personal days.
- Wide-ranging healthcare coverage with options to fit your needs.
- Flexible accounts for medical savings and expenses.
- Supportive services through the Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, dining, and more.
- Retirement savings plan with contributions from the employer.
- Recognition opportunities through performance-based awards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
